Brake hanger



J. S. M PHERSON March 6, 1928.

BRAKE HANGER Filed July 16, lzs

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Patented Mar. 1928i UNITE n- STATES Joan STEWART MerH'ERsom-oF dama es;oHIo, AssiGnoR To THE nuoxnxn STEEL 'cA sTrnes o'onPANY-,1or COLUMBUS,euro. i j,

5 BRAKE HANGER.

Application med July 16, 1 925;. San ria-44,044.;

This invention relates to brake hangers for car trucks and has for itsobject theprovision of a hanger and a hanger bracket of novel,construction whereby the brake,

mechanism may be adapted to a track of wider or narrower gage withoutmaterial There are many I change in the structure. localities in whichthere is no universal standard railroad gage and in a great many casesthe gage now used is appreciably wider than the gage which, it isbelieved,

will eventually be adopted. In anticipation of the adoption of thenarrower uniform gage,-it is proposed to build trucks so that by movingthe wheels on each axle closer together they will fit the narrower gagetrack, the original journal centers being maintained so that theprincipal parts of the original truck can be used,the'onlynew partsneeded being the brake beams. To provide a hanger bracket on the truckframe that will support the usual type of U-shaped brake hanger at itsproper loca tion, in case of the narrower gage, requires an extremelylong overhangs A specific object of the present invention is to minimizethe overhang and, at the same t me, provide a substantial support for.thehanger when arranged for either the wider or the nar-V rower gage.The stated objectsand other vobjects which will, hereinafterincidentally appear are attained in the use-of such a mechanism 'as isillustrated in the accompanying drawings and the invention resides I incertain novel features which Wlll be the appended;

-particularly pointed out in claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a truck havingthe present invention embodied therein;

Figure 2 is a view in elevation, and Figures 3 and 4 are views partly insection and partly in elevation showing different positions of thehanger. The truck includes a bolster 1 having each end carried by a sideframe 2. On the inner side of each side frame, near to but out of thevertical range of the bolster, is an inwardly projecting hangerbracketxor arm ,3 which is'preferably cast integral with the 7 sideframe and the inner end of which is so located as to cross the verticalplane of the car Wheels on the same side of the truck.

equidistant lugs 4 extendingacross-the full in axial alinement toreceive a bolt or, pin 6 by which the brake hanger ,7 1s suspenda ed,the hanger being of the bail type with eyes 8 at the upper ends of itsside members to be engaged by the suspending pin or bolt. It will benoted that one vside member, 9, of the hanger is straight and rises fromthe lower end member 101at a right anglethere- :to while, the othersidemember has a lower portion 11 extending from the end member.

at a right angle thereto and an upper portion. 12which converges towardtheside member .so that the distance between the eyes 8 or the width ofthe upper end of the hanger is less than the width of the lower end ofthe hanger which is engaged. with the brake head in the usual manner,that is tween the eyes 8.

In practice, when the truck is running on the Wlder gage track, thehanger is arranged as shown in Figure 3 with its straight slde betweenthe innermost lug i and the center lug andits oftsetside at the outerside of the outermost lug. When the truck-is to run on the narrower gagetrack, the suspending in or bolt is removed and the hanger is shiftedtransversely of the truck and y also turned sothat' its offset sidewillbecome the inner side, as shown in Figure 4'. The

straight-side of the hanger is then engaged 7 between the center h1g4and the outer lug. while theoifset; side will be disposed againstv theinner side of the innermost lug, the suspending pin orbolt beinginserted as before to secure the hanger. It will be seen that by veryslight and simplemanipulation, the full displacement of the center ofthe brake head seat on the hanger necessary to accommodate both gageswill be obtained, the overhang is minimized, and a substantial anchoragefor the hanger is'provided preventing endadjustment. a V V Havingfullydescribed my jinvention what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is

' wise movement of the brake beam in either. 7

1. In a car brake hanger mechanism, the

combination of a car truckv side frame, a hanger bracket on the sideframe, a broke hanger, and means whereby the hanger may be suspended ata plurality of selected distances from the side frame. 1 2. Ina carbrake hanger mechanism, the

combination of a car truck side frame, a.

hanger bracket projecting laterally from the side frame, a brake hanger,means for suspending the hanger at a plurality of selected distancesfrom the side frame, and means for preventing movement of the hangeralong the bracket. v a a 3.'In a car brake hanger mechanism, thecombination of a car truck side frame, a hanger bracket projectinglaterally from the side frame and having a pluralityof depending lugs onits under side at itsinner end,

a brake hanger, and means for the hanger'on selected lugs.

4. In a car brake hanger mechanism, the

combination of a car truck side frame, a hanger bracket projectinglaterally from the side frame and having 'a plurality of lugs onitsunder side, a bail constituting a brake hanger and having one sideofiset at its lower end relative to the other side, andmeansforsuspending the'bail from the lugs on the suspending bracket thesides of the bail being disposed JOHN srnvwurr MQPHERSON, i

